ForAmerica, the group that advertised a $50,000 opportunity for "machine gun fun" with the man who killed Osama bin Laden, is retracting parts of their original offer.

In this photo taken on Dec. 20, 2013, Robert ONeill a former Navy Seal team member, poses for a photo in Butte, Mont. O'Neill, a retired Navy SEAL who says he shot bin Laden in the head, publicly identified himself Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, amid debate over whether special operators should be recounting their secret missions. One current and one former SEAL confirmed to The Associated Press that O'Neill was long known to have fired the fatal shots at the al-Qaida leader. (AP Photo/The Montana Standard, Walter Hinick)

The conservative group that advertised an opportunity to pay $50,000 for “machine gun fun” with the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden is now walking back their offer.

Apparently Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL credited with killing the al Qaeda leader in 2011, never saw the invitation before it was sent out by ForAmerica and eventually acquired by the Washington Post. ForAmerica is a not-for-profit corporation that backs conservative movements and used O’Neill in a fundraising letter to supporters.

Although O’Neill was willing to participate in sport shooting with those who chose to dish out $50,000 for a swanky weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he never offered to use machine guns.

And it seems O’Neill was so unhappy about the letter that Brent Bozell, ForAmerica’s chairman, had to issue a statement to apologize for the miscue.

In an e-mail from a ForAmerica spokesman on Sunday, Bozell said he regretted the invitation that “described Mr. O’Neill in a way that is inconsistent with the high standards he applies when he characterizes the service of Navy SEALS to our country.”

“There will be no machine guns involved; this is strictly a sport shooting event,” Bozell added.

His team “got a little ahead of itself putting out the invitation to enjoy a weekend of sport shooting with American hero Rob O’Neill,” the statement said.

And to top it off, Bozell described the fundraising event as an opportunity to honor O’Neill’s service to the United States.

O’Neill, who is retired from active duty, is the co-founder of Your Grateful Nation, a non-profit that helps transition Special Operations veterans back into their communities.

“It is our intention to introduce Rob to a whole new community of supporters to advance his tremendous charity work to help his military brothers and sisters,” Bozell said.

AP Photo/The Montana Standard, Walter Hinick

Siobhán O’Grady is a freelance journalist working across sub-Saharan Africa. She previously worked as a staff writer at Foreign Policy. @siobhan_ogrady